Most UFC heavyweight champion defenses at three (which is tied with Couture and Tim Sylvia)

Most consecutive UFC heavyweight championship defenses at three

Most strikes landed in a fight with 361 vs. Mark Hunt

Four “Performance of the Night” bonuses and three “Fight of the Night” honors

And, if you believe in those kind of things, Fight Matrix also calls Miocic the Lineal MMA heavyweight champion.

After stunning Werdum in 2016 for the title – in Brazil no less – Miocic went on to defend the belt vs. Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos and Francis Ngannou. The wins vs. Overeem and JDS both came via finish, with the former NCAA Div. I wrestler going the full 25 minutes in dispatching of Ngannou.

A member of the Strong Style Fight Team out of Independence, Ohio, Miocic is a fighter anybody can like. He doesn’t get in trouble. He comes from the heart of the U.S. He doesn’t look like an over-grown muscle-freak. He still works as a firefighter by day – and night.

Miocic will put his belt and his six-fight win streak on the line vs. the reigning light heavyweight champion – and a former unbeaten heavyweight fighter – in Cormier, this weekend.

When it is all said and done, regardless of how many more title defenses he makes, Miocic will definitely go up on the wall as an all-time great fighter and an all-time great person.